Making Algebra Easy: Algebra 1

A Complete Algebra 1 course aligned to the Common Core State Standards & the PA Keystone Exam Standards.

What you'll learn:
This is a full year Algebra 1 course aligned to the Common Core State Standards as well as the Pennsylvania Keystone Exam
Topics: Expressions, Equations & Inequalities, Graphing, Systems, Exponents & Roots, Factoring, Probability, Measures of Central Tendency & Basics of Statistics
Students will be able to simplifying algebraic and numeric expressions as well as solve equations and inequalities and systems of equations and inequalities.
Students will be able to understand the algebraic properties and apply them to simplifying Algebraic expressions & solving Algebraic equations.
Students will develop an understanding of the language of Algebra and the tools that Algebra provides for solving various situations in word problems.
Building a strong foundation in Algebra is essential to doing well in all subsequent high school and college math courses!

Requirements:
Already have taken Pre-Algebra.

Description:
This is a complete Algebra 1 course.  It's aligned to the Common Core State Standards, so it is appropriate for students in any Common Core state.  It is also specifically aligned to the Pennsylvania Keystone Exam Standards (and has open-ended response items to help prepare for that as well).  While these are helpful ways to practice with showing thought process for any student, it is particularly useful for PA students to get used to the open-ended formats and types of questions seen on the Keystone Exam.

Use this course to learn, re-learn, or improve Algebra skills.  It's meant to Make Algebra Easy!  Or at least easier.

Each topic includes a video lesson & practice "quiz" with answer explanations.
The idea is for you to start by watching the lesson.  Then try the practice quiz to test your understanding.  Then visit the annotated answer key to see the detailed work for any questions that you were not sure about. 
Topics included: 
Meaning of Integers & Multiplication/Division with Integers
Adding & Subtracting Integers & Integer Word Problems
Rational & Irrational Numbers
Ordering Real Numbers
Order of Operations Part 1
Order of Operations Part 2
Translating Variable Expressions Using Keywords
Translating Variable Expressions Using Context
Substitution
Substitution Word Problems
Combining Like Terms
Distributive Property
Simplify Algebraic Expressions
Properties of Algebra
Basics of Inequalities
Solving One-Step Equations
One-Step Equation Word Problems
Solving One-Step Inequalities
One-Step Inequality Word Problems
Solving Two-Step Equations
Two-Step Equation Word Problems
Interpreting Components of Expressions and Equations
Solving Two-Step Inequalities Two-Step Inequality Word Problems
Solving Multi-step Equations
Applications for Multi-step Equations
Solving Multi-step Inequalities
Determining the Number of Solutions to an Equation
Compound Inequalities Part 1: Basics & Graphing
Compound Inequalities Part 2: Writing the Inequality from the Graph
Compound Inequalities Part 3: Solving
Absolute Value Equations
Absolute Value Inequalities Part 1
Absolute Value Inequalities Part 2
Solving Literal Equations
Basics of the Coordinate Plane
Graphs with Context
Analyzing Trends in Graphs
Types of Slope & Slope from a Graph (rise over run)
Slope Formula
Problem Solving with Slope
Extra Challenge Problem Video: Problem solving with slope
Using Substitution with Linear Equations
Meaning of Intercepts
Linear Word Problems Practice
Graphing Lines in Slope-Intercept Form Part 1
Graphing Lines Part 2: Include Horizontal & Vertical Lines
Word Problems in Slope- Intercept Form
Linear Word Problems in Standard Form
Comparing Slope-Intercept and Standard Forms
Going from Standard to Slope-Intercept Form
Equation of a line in Point-Slope Form Part 1
Part 2: Going from Point Slope to Slope-Intercept Form
Part 3: Writing the equation in Slope-Intercept Form from 2 Points
Writing the Equation of a Line from a Graph
Writing the Equation of a Line from a Table
Problem Solving with the Equation of a Line
Rules for Multiplying with Exponents
Rules for Dividing with Exponents
Power to Power Rule
Negative Exponents
Practice with All Exponent Rules
Simplify Radicals Part 1
Simplify Radicals Part 2
Simplifying and Naming Polynomials
Multiplying Polynomials
Area & Perimeter with Polynomials
Factoring Trinomials Part 1
Factoring Trinomials Part 2
Factoring Difference of Two Squares
PatternFactoring with GCF
Review of Factoring - All Methods
Simplifying Rational Expressions Part 1
Simplifying Rational Expressions Part 2
Systems of Equations: Meaning and Number of Solutions
Solve Systems by Graphing
Solve by Linear Combination Part 1
Solve by Linear Combination Part 2
Solve by Linear Combination Part 3 Using LCM
Solve by Substitution Part 1
Solve by Substitution Part 2
Solving Systems: Review & Practice with All Methods
Intro to Systems of Equation Word Problems (MC)
Solving Word Problems with Systems of Equations Part 1
Solving Word Problems with Systems of Equations Part 2
Graphing Linear Inequalities
Graphing Systems of Linear Inequalities
Writing Linear Inequalities and Systems of Linear Inequalities
Meaning of Solutions to Systems of Linear Inequalities
Functions and the Vertical Line Test
Functions: Ordered Pairs & Tables
Domain & Range Part 1
Domain & Range Part 2
Piecewise Functions
Basics of Scatterplots and Types of Correlations
Scatterplots and Line of Best Fit
Measures of Central Tendency Part 1
Measures of Central Tendency Part 2
Bar Charts & Pie Graphs
Box and Whisker Plots Part 1
Box and Whisker Plots Part 2
Box and Whisker Plots Part 3
Basics of Probability
Probability: Independent & Dependent Events

Additional Review materials:
24 Open-ended Response Practice Assignments.  (Each one is a multi-part.  Each one has an annotated answer key that you can review to check your work when you are finished.)
8 Chapter Review Quizzes (One at the end of each chapter to provide mixed practice of all topics.)

Pennsylvania students: Our Algebra 1 courses are aligned to the PA Keystone Exam as well as the Common Core State Standards. We'll also be adding an Algebra 1 Keystone Exam review course soon!

Who this course is for:
Home-schooling Algebra 1 students.
Current Algebra 1 students that would like additional help with topics.
Current Algebra 1 students that would like to be able to work ahead and learn topics at their own pace.
Adult students that need to re-learn Algebra.
Students preparing for the Pennsylvania Algebra 1 Keystone Exam or other exams that need to review Algebra 1 concepts.

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